List of Lily’s recommended graphic novels
The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country The Sandman series is one of my favorites. It’s dark and scary, and great for anyone who is bored with Superman or who finds Spider-Man too corny. This unique graphic novel is divided into four standalone stories about dreams, including a story depicting a cat’s dream and one that […]
Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People
This is the one that got me into graphic novels. It’s the first in a relatively new series, which Marvel comics published to revise how popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man originated. The Tomorrow People starts when the X-Men first banded together. It’s great for anyone who would love to start at the beginning of the story, and the drawings are beautiful and bright.
The Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country
The Sandman series is one of my favorites. It’s dark and scary, and great for anyone who is bored with Superman or who finds Spider-Man too corny. This unique graphic novel is divided into four standalone stories about dreams, including a story depicting a cat’s dream and one that shows where Shakespeare got the idea for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Neil Gaiman, who is one of my favorite writers, created the series.
Watchmen
I recommend this series to anyone who likes superheroes less than perfect. It’s set in an alternate United States, in which many superheroes are retired, and the world is edging closer and closer to nuclear war. Many of the superheroes are drug addicts, perverts or simply mad. Alan Moore wrote Watchmen. He is a wonderful writer, and most of his graphic novels have become famous.
V for Vendetta
This graphic novel, also by Alan Moore, inspired the controversial movie with Natalie Portman. The graphic novel is based in post-nuclear war England, which is under a fascist dictatorship, a dark metaphor for the English government under former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. This is for people who love their adventure stories with some politics.
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume One
This is a great series for anyone who loves literature as well as graphic novels. All the characters are from famous 19th century British novels, which inspired creator Alan Moore. And even the people they meet or are trying to save are from other books. It’s a very funny series, although it’s not silly. The first one is one of my favorites because you meet all the characters. The League includes: Mr. Hyde (of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), the Invisible Man, Captain Nemo, and Miss Mina Murray (a close acquaintance of Bram Stoker’s Dracula).
